Claire McDowell
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1877-10-31
Day of Death
1966-10-23 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Claire McDowell
Biography
Claire McDowell (2 November 1877 – 23 October 1966) was an American actress. She appeared in 360 films between 1908 and 1945.
Still somewhat of a youthful beauty when she started in early silent films, McDowell appeared in numerous films, eventually graduating to playing character and mother types. She can be seen to good advantage in Douglas Fairbanks's 1920 The Mark of Zorro. McDowell appeared in two of the biggest films of the silent era, The Big Parade (1925) and Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), both in which she played mothers.
She was married to silent screen character actor Charles Hill Mailes from 1906 to his 1937 death. The couple appeared in numerous silent films together, including The Mark of Zorro. They had two sons, Robert Mailes and Eugene Mailes.
Claire McDowell died, aged 88, in Hollywood, California.
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Known For
Acting
(1945)
Adventure
as Woman in Library (uncredited)
(1944)
Men on Her Mind
as Mother Goodwin
(1944)
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
as Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)
(1943)
This Land Is Mine
as Woman in Bathroom
(1943)
Hangmen Also Die!
as Counterwoman (uncredited)
(1943)
Presenting Lily Mars
as Dowager
(1943)
(1943)
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
(1941)
Lady Scarface
as Mrs. Tuckerman
(1941)
Whispers
as Gossip (uncredited)
(1940)
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)
(1940)
Young Tom Edison
as Woman at Station
(1940)
The Golden Fleecing
as Pedestrian (uncredited)
(1940)
A Failure at Fifty
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1939)
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Gossiper
(1939)
Idiot's Delight
as Crying Mother
(1939)
Miracles for Sale
as Jack of Diamonds Woman
(1939)
One Against the World
as Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited)
(1939)
Thunder Afloat
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1939)
Angel of Mercy
as Mother (uncredited)
(1939)
Stand Up and Fight
as Woman
(1938)
Three Comrades
as Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited)
(1938)
Boys Town
as Nun (uncredited)
(1938)
Test Pilot
as Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)
(1938)
The Man on the Rock
as Napoleon's Mother (uncredited)
(1938)
They're Always Caught
as Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)
(1937)
Song of Revolt
as Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited)
(1937)
A Night at the Movies
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
(1937)
Two-Fisted Sheriff
as Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt
(1936)
Small Town Girl
as Woman in Bed (uncredited)
(1936)
August Week End
as Alma Washburne
(1935)
Murder by Television
as Mrs. Houghland
(1934)
It Happened One Night
as Mother on Bus (uncredited)
(1934)
Two Heads on a Pillow
as Mrs. Helen Gorman
(1934)
Bedside
as Nurse
(1934)
Imitation of Life
as Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)
(1934)
Journal of a Crime
as Sister at Hospital (uncredited)
(1934)
British Agent
as Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited)
(1934)
Dr. Monica
as Miss Bryerly (uncredited)
(1933)
By Appointment Only
as Mrs. Mary Carroll
(1933)
Wild Boys of the Road
as Mrs. Smith
(1933)
The Working Man
as Benjamin's Secretary
(1933)
Central Airport
as Mrs. Blaine
(1932)
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
as Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited)
(1932)
Union Depot
as Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)
(1932)
A Successful Calamity
as Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)
(1932)
Under Eighteen
as Seamstress (uncredited)
(1932)
Cornered
as Jane's Aunt
(1932)
The Famous Ferguson Case
as Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)
(1932)
Lawyer Man
as Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited)
(1932)
The Phantom Express
as Ma Nolan
(1931)
Manhattan Parade
as Nancy - the Maid
(1931)
An American Tragedy
as Mrs. Samuel Griffiths
(1930)
Brothers
as Bess Naughton
(1930)
Redemption
as Anna Pavlovna
(1930)
Mothers Cry
as Mary's Mother
(1930)
The Big House
as Mrs. Marlowe
(1930)
The Second Floor Mystery
as Aunt Hattie
(1930)
Young Desire
as Mrs. Spencer
(1930)
Wild Company
as Mrs. Laura Grayson
(1929)
The Flying Fleet
as Mrs. Hastings (uncredited)
(1929)
The Quitter
as Mrs. Abbott
(1929)
Silks and Saddles
as Mrs. Calhoun
(1928)
The Viking
as Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell)
(1928)
The Tragedy of Youth
as Mother
(1928)
Don't Marry
as Aunt Abigail Bowen
(1927)
Almost Human
as Mrs. Livingston
(1927)
The Taxi Dancer
as Aunt Mary
(1927)
The Shield of Honor
as Mrs. MacDowell
(1927)
Winds of the Pampas
as Doña Maria Casandos
(1927)
The Black Diamond Express
as Martha Foster
(1927)
Tillie the Toiler
as Ma Jones
(1927)
The Auctioneer
as Mrs. Tim Eagan
(1927)
A Little Journey
as Aunt Louise
(1926)
The Dixie Merchant
as Josephine Fippany
(1926)
The Flaming Forest
as Mrs. McTavish
(1926)
The Devil's Circus
as Mrs. Peterson
(1926)
The Show Off
as Mom Fisher
(1926)
The Unknown Soldier
as John Phillips' sister
(1926)
The Shamrock Handicap
as Molly O'Shea
(1925)
The Big Parade
as Mrs. Apperson
(1925)
The End of the World
as Mrs. Joyce
(1925)
The Tower of Lies
as Katrina
(1925)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Princess of Hur
(1925)
Waking Up the Town
as Mrs. Joyce
(1925)
The Midnight Flyer
as Liza Slater
(1925)
The End of the World
as Mrs. Joyce
(1925)
The Reckless Sex
as Concha
(1924)
Those Who Dare
as Mrs. Rollins
(1924)
Judgment of the Storm
as Mrs. Heath
(1924)
Thy Name Is Woman
as Juan's Mother
(1924)
Secrets
as Elizabeth Channing
(1923)
Human Wreckage
as Mrs. Brown
(1923)
Enemies of Children
as Godfrey sister
(1923)
Ashes of Vengeance
as Margot's Aunt
(1923)
Circus Days
as Martha
(1923)
Ponjola
as Mrs. Hope
(1923)
Michael O'Halloran
as Nancy Harding
(1923)
The West~Bound Limited
as Mrs. Bill Buckley
(1922)
Nice People
as Margaret Rainsford
(1922)
Rent Free
as Countess de Mourney
(1922)
Quincy Adams Sawyer
as Mrs. Putnam
(1922)
Penrod
as Mrs. Schofield
(1922)
Heart's Haven
as May Caroline
(1921)
Midsummer Madness
as Mrs. Osborne
(1921)
Love Never Dies
as Liz Trott
(1921)
What Every Woman Knows
as Comtesse de la Brière
(1921)
Prisoners of Love
as Her Mother
(1920)
The Woman in the Suitcase
as Mrs. James B. Moreland
(1920)
The Jack-Knife Man
as Lize Merdin
(1920)
The Mark of Zorro
as Dona Catalina Pulido
(1920)
The Gift Supreme
as Lalia Graun
(1920)
Something to Think About
as Housekeeper
(1920)
Through Eyes of Men
as Mrs. Virginia All
(1919)
Prudence on Broadway
as Miss Grayson
(1919)
Heart o' the Hills
as Martha Hawn
(1919)
The Feud
as Mary Lynch
(1919)
The Follies Girl
as Nina
(1919)
(1918)
Captain of His Soul
as Annette
(1918)
You Can't Believe Everything
as Grace Dardley
(1917)
The White Raven
as Daisy
(1917)
The Bronze Bride
as A-Che-Chee
(1917)
The Gates of Doom
as Indore / Agatha
(1917)
The Empty Gun
as Mary
(1917)
(1917)
Avarice
as The Miserly Old Woman
(1917)
The Clean-Up
as Vera Vincent
(1916)
A Stranger from Somewhere
as Olga
(1916)
The Right to Be Happy
as Mrs. Cratchit
(1916)
Mixed Blood
as Nita Valyez
(1915)
As It Happened
as The Ranchman's Daughter
(1915)
Her Dormant Love
as The Discontented Wife
(1915)
Her Convert
as The Old Inventor's Daughter
(1915)
Old Offenders
as Joe's Wife
(1915)
The Way Out
as The Young School Teacher
(1915)
Truth Stranger Than Fiction
as Crook
(1915)
The Miser's Legacy
as The Crook's Wife
(1915)
The Heart of a Bandit
as Claire
(1915)
The Canceled Mortgage
as The Widowed Mother
(1915)
The Sheriff's Dilemma
as Molly
(1915)
The Gambler's I.O.U.
as Nell - Daddy Wilson's Daughter
(1915)
A Day's Adventure
as Hogan's Moll
(1914)
(1914)
Concentration
as The Mother
(1914)
Men and Women
as Mrs. Stephen Rodman
(1914)
(1914)
(1914)
A Nest Unfeathered
as Kate
(1914)
(1914)
His Fireman's Conscience
as Mrs. Daily
(1914)
Her Hand
as Olga
(1913)
The Stopped Clock
as The Antique Dealer's Daughter
(1913)
The Work Habit
as The Daughter in the City
(1913)
The Wanderer
as The Female Lover
(1913)
The Stolen Loaf
as The Rich Woman
(1913)
A Gambler's Honor
as Beth
(1913)
The House of Darkness
as The Doctor's Wife
(1913)
The Switchtower
as The Switchman's Wife
(1913)
A Misappropriated Turkey
as Mrs. Fallon / Widow Logan
(1913)
The Tenderfoot's Money
as The Prospector's Wife
(1913)
The House of Discord
as The Sister-in-Law
(1913)
I Was Meant for You
as Lavina
(1913)
The Mirror
as Daisy
(1913)
The Stolen Bride
as The Wife
(1913)
The Strong Man's Burden
as Ida Glynn, The Nurse
(1913)
Under the Shadow of the Law
as John Haywood's Sister
(1913)
The Stolen Treaty
as Olga
(1913)
The Well
as The Farmer's Wife
(1913)
The Enemy's Baby
as Miller's Wife
(1913)
The Law and His Son
as Marguerite, Manning's Sister
(1913)
The Ranchero's Revenge
as The Schemer's Associate
(1913)
The Unwelcome Guest
as The Wife
(1913)
A Tender-Hearted Crook
as Edith
(1913)
The Crook and the Girl
as The Uncle's Adopted Daughter
(1913)
The Wrong Bottle
as The Blind Sister
(1913)
The Detective's Stratagem
as Kate, the Bank Clerk's Sweetheart
(1913)
The Vengeance of Galora
as Galora
(1913)
All for Science
as Detective
(1913)
(1913)
The Abandoned Well
as The Widow
(1913)
Olaf—An Atom
as A Parent
(1913)
A Gamble with Death
as Kate
(1913)
The Van Nostrand Tiara
as Kate
(1913)
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
as The Lady
(1912)
The Massacre
as Stephen's Belle - In Prologue
(1912)
Billy's Stratagem
as Billy's Mother
(1912)
A Sailor’s Heart
as The Sailor's Third Sweetheart
(1912)
Lena and the Geese
as Lena's Mother
(1912)
The Sands of Dee
as Artist's fiancee
(1912)
When the Fire-Bells Rang
as An Actress
(1912)
The New York Hat
as The Main Gossip
(1912)
Man's Genesis
as Cave Woman
(1912)
The Sunbeam
as The Spinster
(1912)
Under Burning Skies
as The Friend
(1912)
So Near, Yet So Far
as Rich Woman in Other Town
(1912)
A Temporary Truce
as Mexican Jim's Wife
(1912)
The School Teacher and the Waif
as The Street Fakir's Sweetheart
(1912)
The Old Actor
as At Audition
(1912)
Two Daughters of Eve
as The Mother
(1912)
The God Within
as The Woodsman's Wife
(1912)
In the Aisles of the Wild
as The Elder Daughter
(1912)
The Female of the Species
as The Miner's Wife
(1912)
The Baby and the Stork
as The Mother
(1912)
The Baby and the Stork
as The Workman
(1912)
A Cry for Help
as The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient
(1912)
A String of Pearls
as The Italian Shoemaker's Wife
(1911)
The Squaw's Love
as Silver Fawn
(1911)
The Manicure Lady
as Lunchroom Hostess
(1911)
His Trust
as Col. Frazier's wife
(1911)
His Trust Fulfilled
as Mrs. Frazier
(1911)
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
as The Old Carpenter's Wife
(1911)
The Primal Call
as The Woman
(1911)
The Long Road
as Ned's Wife
(1911)
A Woman Scorned
as The Doctor's Wife
(1911)
Swords and Hearts
as Irene Lambert
(1911)
The Adventures of Billy
as Rich Woman
(1911)
A Decree of Destiny
as A Nun
(1911)
A Country Cupid
as The Half-Wit's Mother
(1911)
Fate's Turning
as At Hotel/At Wedding
(1911)
(1911)
Fisher Folks
as At Fair
(1910)
A Flash of Light
as At First Party
(1910)
The Message of the Violin
as The Other Woman's Servant
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
The Usurer
as Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors
(1910)
The Golden Supper
as Lady-in-Waiting
(1910)
Wilful Peggy
as Housemaid
(1910)
Waiter No. 5
as The Chief of Police's Wife
(1910)
The Oath and the Man
as Rebel
(1910)
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
as One of the Sisters Frost
(1910)
(1908)
The Planter's Wife
as Mrs. John Holland
(1908)
The Call of the Wild
as Party Guest
(1908)